On the 18thNovember at 8 A.M., while a strong wind was blowing from the S., signals of distress were observed flying from a vessel which had grounded on the south side of Wexford Bar. The No. 1 Life-boat Ethel Eveleen immediately put off in tow of the steam-tug Ruby, and after proceeding for about two hours through a very heavy sea, the tug's hawser was slipped and the boat ran in under oars. On arriving alongside, the ship was found to be full of water, the sea sweeping right across her. She proved to be the America, of Quebec, bound from that port to Wexford.

Her crew, consisting of eight hands, after much difliculty, succeeded in getting on board the Life-boat, and were safely landed at Wexford..